Reaching Goals

The other day at therapy, Laura drew a hill on a dry-erase board. She explained to Gracie that she was climbing this hill as she worked toward her goal of walking. She asked Gracie what ultimate goal Gracie would like to achieve. Gracie told her she wanted to walk around in Pet Smart all by herself and look at all of the animals. This is something Gracie has enjoyed doing in the past, using her walker. So Laura wrote that goal at the top of the hill. Laura also got other input from Gracie about things she can do now and other goals she'd like to reach along the way to her ultimate goal. By the time Laura was finished with the drawing, Gracie seemed motivated and recharged. Because of this I decided to take Gracie to Michael's today to get materials to help her make a visualization board to keep at home. Gracie loved the idea and thoroughly enjoyed choosing all of the fun supplies we'll need to decorate the poster. This is a project we'll work on this week. We'd like to have it finished to show Laura when she returns from her 2-week vacation to Africa with her family. While Laura is away Gracie will be seeing Heidi and 2 other PTs that work at Vanderbilt. We have been so blessed with the quality of therapists there.

The cute photo of Gracie is one Jenna took earlier this summer at the zoo.